The agreement the Young Leadership Council signed with the state to assume responsibility of lighting on the Crescent City Connection has been received by the state transportation department, a spokeswoman said. Attorneys for the department are reviewing the contract, but officials believe state law regarding prohibition of paying for lighting on the bridge does apply, according to Bambi Hall, a transportation department spokeswoman.

The Young Leadership Council, which paid to install the decorative lights on the bridge in 1989, has been leading an effort to restore lighting on the span, which was disconnected Friday because of a funding issue. Hall said the YLC agreement with the state refers to the "useful lights on the bridge,'' but those lights were destroyed in Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

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CORRECTION: An earlier version of this article incorrectly reported that the transportation department found the YLC contract.